January 28th, 2013 . Posted in Administration | Edit | Comments Off A new study group, studying the Platform Sutra will begin soon, on Wednesday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30, Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27 and Mar. 6 and 13.…
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A Saturday with Andrew January 2013
Inherent Freedom: An Exploration of Zen Practice Zen is a path of freedom, of connecting with the awakening that is inherently ours, now and always. It’s not about importing something or becoming someone else, but about being fully who we…
Bill Porter “Red Pine,” Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2013
Bill Porter is an American author and translator of Chinese and Sanskrit texts who translates under the name Red Pine. While he is in the Springs there will be three, free presentations. Learn more here about Porter and the plans…
January 2013 Events
December 31 and January 1: Ring in the New Year! New Year’s Eve/Day Meditation, 8:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. New Year’s Eve, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. New Year’s Day; CC’s Woman’s Club. Linda Hodges is the coordinator. See…
SMS New Year’s Celebration! December 2012
The Bare Gate of Midwinter: 108 Bells for the Turning of the Year December 31, 2012 to January 1, 2013, The Woman’s Club, 20 Mesa Road 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. – Share food, music and games 10:00 p.m. to 12:00…
April 2012 Events
Sunday, April 1: Steering Committee Meeting at Liz Cramer’s house, 3 to 5 p.m. Contact: elizabeth.cramer51@gmail.com. Saturday, April 7: Work in the Room (WITR) with Sarah Bender, Sensei, 6:30 to 8:30 a.m., Shove Chapel. Monday, April 9: No meeting at…
New Open Source Sensei, March 2012
Dear Springs Mountain Sangha… Today is a wonderful, wonderful day in the life of the Open Source, of which we are a part… and so in the life of our Sangha, in your life and mine! This evening, Tenney Nathanson,…
April Meditation Retreat, April 2012
For many who practice Zen, every aspect of practice is refuge. Awakening, the Way and our Companions are present in every moment, to be touched, to be relied upon. We come home to them in our solitary meditation, in our…
Love is Watching Someone Die
Friends, This letter came from a young woman who has just recently returned from serving in the U.S. Air Force in Iraq. Her main task, and one she took on so thoroughly that she voluntarily extended her tour of duty…